Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-07
A Modest Maiden.


Said Seth Green, the iish ea.tnrlsts
II was trtiFt fishing an Pine creek.
PENNSYLVANIA. below Smith dam. The
crock below the dam was about i've
reds across, and the bottom covered
with hard heads from the siae Of y
gaasa z to u barrel, The water was
three feet deep and ran like a mill tail,
About ten rods below IL ran into a hole
ten feet deep. aud whlrled around like
the whirlpoel If Niagara. There was
no escape there for anybody If he was
nhtueky enough Ia sget IN, unless he
WAS n very expert swsnlnler. There
were u w~horses placed aeross the creek
and plauas fasteued 10 them for a foot
bridge, | had u twelye-fannd basket
nearly filled when | saw an eighteen
year~eld girl conie on the bridge, When
she got to mo | stepped on one of the
sawaorses to let her pass. watched
her rs she continued and don't think
she had got more than thirty feet from
me before | noticed that her mead be-
gan to swim. She gave ane Of those
peculiar creams stitch us is natural to
all girls wien in danger, totterea for
an instant and fell head foremost down
stream, aud being hnoyed up sonae-
what by her clothing the swift current
carried her rapidly along toward the
deep hole, To drop my rod and jump
into the water was but the work of u
second, aud | made my way oyer the
hard heads in three feet of water rs
fast rs | could. went down twice,
but kept going and overlook her about
fifty OF sixty feet from where she went
in. and then began the struggle. l
| grabbed her and turned her around,
and the first thing she did was TO clutch
| me with enc hand and push her cloth
ing Down with the other, and when she
had got them below the surface we
were both taken off BUR feet and went
| slipping and floating down. We went
three rods before l gained Il footing.
The girl must have been very fond of
me, for | never got such Il hngging i'll
my life rs she gave me. / had my
trout basket with the strap hung over
my shoulder. / kept swinging it
around. aud it looked nj one time very
much AS though we three would go into
| the deep hole. Well, | finally got II
firm foot-hosd, and then / had a pain
full duty to perform. and that was to
stop that girl hugging me and get her
quoted down so that she knew what
she was about~~isvla"her that she must
take froff Of her garments. and with
both hands raise them above the top of
the water, o. we never could get back
to the bridge against the current. 1
placed her in front IF me, and put my
arms around her, and we went lock-
step back to the bridge. I tell YOU, it
was a severe wrestle with the bowl
ders, current and basket of fish, but we
reached there at last, and then eontin-
ued the same step to the edge of the
bridge at which she came on. She
wouldn't consent to go ashore unless l
turned my back. I'm old enough to
be your grandfather / said. i don't
care say she. and began to cry.
Dammit says l, swearing for the sec
ond time in my life. And 1 turned
round and stayed in the water while
she climbed out, arranged her skirts
and al off. There | stood, with nv
long rubber boots filled with water, and
wet from head to foot, my fish half
gone out of my basket, and three miles
between me and the hotel. n-1urf.
Field Giga Farm.